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Explores the contributions that the study of discourses, rhetoric, and framing of emotion make to understanding the public sphere, civil society and the political realm. This title examines why some sentiments are valued in public communication while others are judged irrelevant, and considers how sentiments mobilize political trajectories.

Agenda Setting in a 2.0 World features the work of a new generation of scholars. The research provided by these young scholars reflects two broad contemporary trends in agenda-setting: A centrifugal trend of research in the expanding media landscape and in domains beyond the original focus on public affairs, and a centripetal trend further explicating agenda-setting¿s core concepts.

Presents a conceptualization of the phenomena of lying and deception, manifested in some well-known constructions like spin, hype, doublespeak, equivocation, and contextomy (quoting out of context). This title is suitable for scholars, researchers, and advanced/graduate students in communication, media, and psychology.